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<span id="model-form-functions"></span><h1>Model Form Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#model-form-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Model Form API reference. For introductory material about model forms, see the
<a class="reference internal" href="../../topics/forms/modelforms.html"><span class="doc">Creating forms from models</span></a> topic guide.</p>
<span class="target" id="module-django.forms.models"></span><div class="section" id="s-modelform-factory">
<span id="modelform-factory"></span><h2><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">modelform_factory</span></code><a class="headerlink" href="#modelform-factory" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="django.forms.models.modelform_factory">
<code class="descname">modelform_factory</code>(<em>model</em>, <em>form=ModelForm</em>, <em>fields=None</em>, <em>exclude=None</em>, <em>formfield_callback=None</em>, <em>widgets=None</em>, <em>localized_fields=None</em>, <em>labels=None</em>, <em>help_texts=None</em>, <em>error_messages=None</em>, <em>field_classes=None</em>)<a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/django/forms/models.html#modelform_factory"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#django.forms.models.modelform_factory" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a <a class="reference internal" href="../../topics/forms/modelforms.html#django.forms.ModelForm" title="django.forms.ModelForm"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ModelForm</span></code></a> class for the given <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">model</span></code>.
You can optionally pass a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">form</span></code> argument to use as a starting point for
constructing the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ModelForm</span></code>.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fields</span></code> is an optional list of field names. If provided, only the named
fields will be included in the returned fields.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">exclude</span></code> is an optional list of field names. If provided, the named
fields will be excluded from the returned fields, even if they are listed
in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fields</span></code> argument.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">formfield_callback</span></code> is a callable that takes a model field and returns
a form field.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">widgets</span></code> is a dictionary of model field names mapped to a widget.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">localized_fields</span></code> is a list of names of fields which should be localized.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">labels</span></code> is a dictionary of model field names mapped to a label.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">help_texts</span></code> is a dictionary of model field names mapped to a help text.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">error_messages</span></code> is a dictionary of model field names mapped to a
dictionary of error messages.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">field_classes</span></code> is a dictionary of model field names mapped to a form
field class.</p>
<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="../../topics/forms/modelforms.html#modelforms-factory"><span class="std std-ref">ModelForm factory function</span></a> for example usage.</p>
<p>You must provide the list of fields explicitly, either via keyword arguments
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fields</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">exclude</span></code>, or the corresponding attributes on the form’s
inner <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Meta</span></code> class. See <a class="reference internal" href="../../topics/forms/modelforms.html#modelforms-selecting-fields"><span class="std std-ref">Selecting the fields to use</span></a> for more
information. Omitting any definition of the fields to use will result in
an <a class="reference internal" href="../exceptions.html#django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured" title="django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ImproperlyConfigured</span></code></a> exception.</p>
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<span id="modelformset-factory"></span><h2><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">modelformset_factory</span></code><a class="headerlink" href="#modelformset-factory" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="django.forms.models.modelformset_factory">
<code class="descname">modelformset_factory</code>(<em>model</em>, <em>form=ModelForm</em>, <em>formfield_callback=None</em>, <em>formset=BaseModelFormSet</em>, <em>extra=1</em>, <em>can_delete=False</em>, <em>can_order=False</em>, <em>max_num=None</em>, <em>fields=None</em>, <em>exclude=None</em>, <em>widgets=None</em>, <em>validate_max=False</em>, <em>localized_fields=None</em>, <em>labels=None</em>, <em>help_texts=None</em>, <em>error_messages=None</em>, <em>min_num=None</em>, <em>validate_min=False</em>, <em>field_classes=None</em>)<a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/django/forms/models.html#modelformset_factory"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#django.forms.models.modelformset_factory" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FormSet</span></code> class for the given <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">model</span></code> class.</p>
<p>Arguments <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">model</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">form</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fields</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">exclude</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">formfield_callback</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">widgets</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">localized_fields</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">labels</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">help_texts</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">error_messages</span></code>, and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">field_classes</span></code> are all passed
through to <a class="reference internal" href="#django.forms.models.modelform_factory" title="django.forms.models.modelform_factory"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">modelform_factory()</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Arguments <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">formset</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">extra</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">max_num</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">can_order</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">can_delete</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">validate_max</span></code> are passed through to
<a class="reference internal" href="formsets.html#django.forms.formsets.formset_factory" title="django.forms.formsets.formset_factory"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">formset_factory()</span></code></a>. See <a class="reference internal" href="../../topics/forms/formsets.html"><span class="doc">formsets</span></a> for details.</p>
<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="../../topics/forms/modelforms.html#model-formsets"><span class="std std-ref">Model formsets</span></a> for example usage.</p>
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<span id="inlineformset-factory"></span><h2><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">inlineformset_factory</span></code><a class="headerlink" href="#inlineformset-factory" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="django.forms.models.inlineformset_factory">
<code class="descname">inlineformset_factory</code>(<em>parent_model</em>, <em>model</em>, <em>form=ModelForm</em>, <em>formset=BaseInlineFormSet</em>, <em>fk_name=None</em>, <em>fields=None</em>, <em>exclude=None</em>, <em>extra=3</em>, <em>can_order=False</em>, <em>can_delete=True</em>, <em>max_num=None</em>, <em>formfield_callback=None</em>, <em>widgets=None</em>, <em>validate_max=False</em>, <em>localized_fields=None</em>, <em>labels=None</em>, <em>help_texts=None</em>, <em>error_messages=None</em>, <em>min_num=None</em>, <em>validate_min=False</em>, <em>field_classes=None</em>)<a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/django/forms/models.html#inlineformset_factory"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#django.forms.models.inlineformset_factory" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InlineFormSet</span></code> using <a class="reference internal" href="#django.forms.models.modelformset_factory" title="django.forms.models.modelformset_factory"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">modelformset_factory()</span></code></a> with
defaults of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">formset=</span></code><a class="reference internal" href="../../topics/forms/modelforms.html#django.forms.models.BaseInlineFormSet" title="django.forms.models.BaseInlineFormSet"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BaseInlineFormSet</span></code></a>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">can_delete=True</span></code>, and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">extra=3</span></code>.</p>
<p>If your model has more than one <a class="reference internal" href="../models/fields.html#django.db.models.ForeignKey" title="django.db.models.ForeignKey"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ForeignKey</span></code></a> to
the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">parent_model</span></code>, you must specify a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fk_name</span></code>.</p>
<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="../../topics/forms/modelforms.html#inline-formsets"><span class="std std-ref">Inline formsets</span></a> for example usage.</p>
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